סָבָא
sābāʾ
drunkards
Strong's H5433VerbHebrewTWOT 1455

סָבָא (sābāʾ) is a Hebrew verb meaning drunkards. It appears 6 times in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5433).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1455)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1455)imbibe, drink largely; quaff, become tipsy; drunkard, fill self, Sabean, bibber
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

סָבָא verb: imbibe, drink largely

Strong's H5433 סָבָא: to quaff to satiety, i.e. become tipsy
KJV:drunkard, fill self, Sabean, (wine-) bibber.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Proverbs 23:20Isaiah 56:12Ezekiel 23:42

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